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Archive for February, 2004

Top Tips – How To Paint a Landscape

Check out the video version of this guide on Howcast.com: How To Paint a Landscape Get more great tips on art and painting on Howcast.com: Art Techniques Step 1: Choose your paint Choose if you want to work in oil, acrylic or watercolor. Whatever you decide, choose the appropriate paints for your medium. Step 2: Get a filbert brush Leave all of your brushes at home except for a single filbert brush. As you progress in landscapes, add and experiment with other brushes. Step 3: Bring water and rags Bring lots of water and rags. Step 4: Set up your easel In the middle of the day, go set up your easel In a comfortable location that has a good…

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A GENERAL OUTLINE ON OIL PAINTING

Painting is an art of using pigments, paints and colors on the surface.  The surfaces which are used for painting are paper, wood, lacquer, clay and canvas.   Anything could be depicted or expressed through painting.   The painting can be either natural or can be a representation.Painting – historyThe old paintings date back to 32,000 years.  In those days, pictures were engraved using red ochre (it is used as a pigment in making paints) and black pigment.  The earliest evidence for painting had been discovered in two rock shelters in Northern Australia.  Western cultures used oil and watercolor paintings as the medium, their paintings depict complex traditions in a rich and stylish manner.Painting techniques-    The artist makes use of his creativity…

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Paint And Draw – For Beginners

So you have decided that you want to paint and draw. Maybe you are the sort of person that really enjoyed art at school though you discovered you were not one of the few that it came to naturally. Are someone who is retired and has had a set of watercolors sitting on top of your desk or on a shelf for years. Maybe you are someone who aspires to have a go at some kind drawing and painting however you have no real idea in your mind of where or how to begin, and maybe you have had a bad experience with your art back in school and you think there is no hope now! A lot people think…

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Interesting! Color Theory: Painting Colors With Goethe

Knowledge on mixing colors and using contrast is commonly spread. But there are other color effects, that can’t be explained by most color theory and color wheel info. Even when I didn’t use color yet, I noticed that a white painted on black gets a different look than a black painted on white. When you paint a semi-transparant white over black, it gets a cold, bluish tone. And when you paint a semi-transparent black over white, it gets a warm, brownish tone. Years later I found, that this phenomenon can be explained by Goethes theory of color. Goethe doesn’t juggle with wavelengths, atoms or breaking indexes – instead  he consciously uses only his own perception. He found that for color…

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